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1 Citrix CloudBridge and Branch Repeater Datasheet CloudBridge and Branch Repeater Accelerates, controls and optimizes applications to all locations datacenter, branch offices, public and private clouds and mobile users Citrix CloudBridge and Branch Repeater provide a unified platform that accelerates applications across public and private networks to provide superior application performance and end user experience. CloudBridge and Branch Repeater offer a broad base of features including protocol acceleration support, market-leading VDI acceleration for Citrix XenDesktop, secure and optimized between clouds and sophisticated quality of service (QoS). CloudBridge and Branch Repeater combine these key technologies with extensive bandwidth and application usage reporting for cloud-enabled application optimization. Citrix technology optimizes the user experience while giving IT fine-grained control over public and private network resources. Available as a virtual, physical or multi-tenant appliance, CloudBridge and Branch Repeater provide deployment choices that help improve the user experience, reduce IT capital and operating costs by enabling on-demand network resource provisioning. CloudBridge and Branch Repeater evolve network-centric WAN optimization controller (WOC) infrastructure into a service-centric solution. Features Key benefits Accelerates services desktops, applications and multimedia to branch office and mobile users Improves the performance of any WAN that exhibits latency, congestion and packet loss Significantly improves XenDesktop and Citrix XenApp capacity and performance over WANs Repeater 2000 appliance accelerates 5,000 simultaneous XenDesktop sessions Simplifies IT with integrated appliance options to reduce server footprint Enables IT agility with flexible deployment options offered by physical and virtual appliances Securely extends the enterprise data center network (L2 or L3) to the public clouds Accelerates the cloud connection to maximize distributed application performance HDX WAN optimization Improves XenDesktop and XenApp response time and maximizes network bandwidth utilization by optimizing the flow of WAN traffic to mitigate the effects of distance and impaired networks Reduces XenDesktop and XenApp bandwidth consumption by applying optimal compression techniques based on traffic characteristics, infrastructure capabilities and network conditions. Orchestrates with XenDesktop and XenApp to provide intelligent acceleration of the Citrix delivery protocol by sensing and responding to network and traffic conditions Allows users to define which types of XenDesktop and XenApp workflows receive the highest priority Stores XenApp streamed applications locally in the branch for rapid delivery. Synchronizes the application whenever there is an update or a patch available so that branch users always get the latest version QoS Provides intelligent and adaptive mechanisms that not only optimize traffic, but also guarantee QoS and quality of experie nce (QoE) by enabling network administrators to assess network usage, classify apps and services traffic, control bandwidth consumption using granular L2-L7 policies, monitor network congestion and delays affecting user experience and remediate

2 those problems quickly to minimize support calls Identifies and prioritizes delivery of virtual desktops and virtual apps to a branch based on user group (e.g., the XenDeskto p group), application (published or non-published), branch location and other parameters. Secure Tunneling End-to-end security. IT faces a critical need to ensure complete security for data in motion between the corporate datace nter and the third-party cloud. This will ensure that enterprise assets are not compromised in transit, as well as pre venting threats from entering the enterprise network through vulnerabilities inherent in public Internet connectivity. End-to-end security can also be essential for meeting IT governance policies and mandates. Optimized application delivery. The agility of cloud computing can t come at the cost of performance. IT has to be able to enable the delivery and enforcement of service level agreements (SLAs) to ensure consistent productivity for users and the business. On-demand provisioning. Much of the value of cloud computing lies in the ability to tap into scalable resources quickly and easily. Developers, business units and other groups must be able to connect to the specific cloud services they need, when th ey need them, to address time-sensitive or temporary capacity requirements. Deep application visibility. To keep the business running at peak performance, IT needs the visibility to monitor, capture and analyze information on the way enterprise applications are being used, and to quickly find and fix appli cation problems as they emerge. Protocol support Manages TCP, UDP and SCPS flows Accelerates any TCP-based application including file transfers, , SSL, business applications such as enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management, computer-aided design solutions, data backup and replication Identifies and accelerates the most widely deployed Microsoft applications that branch and mobile users access, including file sharing (CIFS, SMBv2, signed SMB v1/v2), Exchange (including encrypted MAPI and Exchange 2010) and SharePoint (HTTP/HTTPS) Prioritizes mission-critical traffic by aligning bandwidth utilization with business needs to ensure no change in application performance occurs during periods of severe congestion Mitigates TCP performance penalties from network latency, congestion and packet loss while simultaneously reducing WAN bandwidth utilization and eliminating redundant traffic Security and data protection Accelerates encrypted XenDesktop and XenApp traffic (basic, advanced/rc5, SSL), including ICA, and secure web applications while maintaining the highest levels of security Encrypts disk compression history using AES-256 to help prevent theft of sensitive data and support compliance with security mandates and regulations Interoperates with Citrix NetScaler Gateway appliances and the secure access plug-in for Citrix Receiver to help optimize all traffic within the secure VPN for remote and mobile users Integrated Windows services Natively integrates branch acceleration and optimization with essential branch services (file, print, DHCP, DNS, WINS, AD, DFS) powered by Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Allows IT to securely deploy an Active Directory database at branch offices using a read-only domain controller Acts as a streaming server for Microsoft App-V and a secondary site for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager, thus eliminating the need for dedicated servers Includes a management pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 and supports Windows management instrumentation to leverage existing server management tools and expertise Flexible and centralized management Enables network administrators and operations teams to easily control the entire CloudBridge infrastructure from a single, unified console Offers one-click configuration, replication and software upgrades across multiple appliances. Provides multiple conduits for day-to-day operation including a web-based GUI and a scriptable command line interface Generates real-time and historical reports to help gain a comprehensive understanding of system-wide performance gains, as well as alarm and activity information through the built-in GUI, logs, syslog and SNMP traps Centralized licensing enables network administrators to deploy, manage and consume licenses from a central Cit rix license server, simplifying branch deployments

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